01 may 2024 - 05:41:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world’s leading humanitarian action forum on Tuesday said that crushing levels of violence and displacement [...] Full text...
30 april 2024 - 07:35:24
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Global progress towards sustainable development will continue to stall unless countries do more to bridge the [...] Full text...
28 april 2024 - 05:24:28
New York, US (PANA) - UN Security Council members on Saturday called on the warring parties in Sudan to immediately [...] Full text...
26 april 2024 - 04:37:13
New York, US (PANA) - The international community must take immediate action to end the wave of sexual violence being carried [...] Full text...
26 april 2024 - 04:31:08
Paris, France (PANA) - Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, [...] Full text...
22 april 2024 - 17:34:34
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres issued an appeal on Monday to “actively support” the UN agency [...] Full text...
21 april 2024 - 05:14:01
New York, US (PANA) - Edem Wosornu, director of operations and advocacy at the UN Office for the Coordination of [...] Full text...
20 april 2024 - 16:21:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group Human Rights Watch said here Saturday that a bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a [...] Full text...
19 april 2024 - 05:14:16
New York, US (PANA) - Recent escalations in the Middle East make it even more important to support efforts towards [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 05:51:56
New York, US (PANA) - Despite important achievements over the past decade to improve the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, safeguard [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 05:31:01
New York, US (PANA) - African women are 130 times more likely to die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 11:57:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A full year of conflict in Sudan has already caused immense suffering and death but the [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 10:54:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the [...] Full text...
13 april 2024 - 10:03:58
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is appalled by the unprecedented man-made calamity created by the Sudanese Armed [...] Full text...
12 april 2024 - 11:08:26
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - One year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support [...] Full text...
11 april 2024 - 17:00:35
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Thursday called for a transformation in learning, stressing that receiving a [...] Full text...
09 april 2024 - 15:50:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 8.5 million Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan since the war [...] Full text...
07 april 2024 - 16:53:05
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she was forced to make a 200km [...] Full text...
05 april 2024 - 12:31:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation [...] Full text...
01 april 2024 - 12:56:24
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the Red Cross Society of the [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 05:06:12
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support [...] Full text...
28 march 2024 - 05:28:11
New York, US (PANA) - Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the [...] Full text...
28 march 2024 - 05:10:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 11:38:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 05:46:33
New York, US (PANA) - The UN received 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff last year, [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 05:36:15
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have now uprooted 5.7 million [...] Full text...
23 march 2024 - 05:25:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed alarm over increased reports of sexual slavery and trafficking [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 05:08:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Civilians are bearing the brunt of a surge in intercommunal conflict in pockets of South [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 05:02:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war in Sudan enters its second year next month, the UN Committee on the [...] Full text...
16 march 2024 - 12:43:39
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 16:34:30
New York, US (PANA) - Around the world women’s rights are under attack, and governments must act to reverse that [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 08:36:39
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Some 45 kilometres from Lomé, Togo, in the village of Aného, a transformative initiative is reshaping [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 17:40:49
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 13:01:09
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) --In Sierra Leone, women and girls experience a lifecycle of Gender Based Violence (GBV). From childhood [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 12:58:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims in the world, began officially on Monday.
While some countries started [...] Full text...
10 march 2024 - 07:32:14
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, will from Monday visit several African and Middle [...] Full text...
09 march 2024 - 07:46:11
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 07:14:36
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and unhindered humanitarian [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 07:34:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday “strongly” condemned Boko Haram terrorists’ abduction of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 07:20:36
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday completed the fifth review of [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 20:35:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Widespread sexual abuse of children in the entertainment industry must be urgently stamped out, an independent [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 19:01:12
Paris, France (PANA) - Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a growth [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 05:52:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Monday that he would await the Supreme Court’s [...] Full text...
04 march 2024 - 14:29:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As the controversial the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill passed by Ghana's Parliament, which criminalises the promotion, advocacy, and funding [...] Full text...
04 march 2024 - 11:54:55
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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 05:56:17
New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 19:40:58
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - A new programme will improve healthcare and nutrition services for about 4.6 million people, especially women, [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 16:16:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked mass violence and entrenched repression in South Sudan threaten the prospects of durable peace and [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 07:59:18
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday set the financial liability of Ugandan warlord, Dominic Ongwen [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 06:29:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The UN human rights chief and the US Department of State have slammed the passage by [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 05:39:17
New York, US (PANA) - As the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) completes its withdrawal from [...] Full text...
28 february 2024 - 18:21:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Parliament, after nearly three years, on Wednesday passed the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill which criminalizes the promotion, [...] Full text...
27 february 2024 - 08:28:56
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Malagasy women and girls face multiple disadvantages that affect their ability to accumulate human capital in [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:27:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:26:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The armed conflict in Sudan has resulted in thousands of civilians killed, millions displaced, property looted [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 12:03:01
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - It’s important to celebrate – there are reasons to celebrate. We should take this positive energy [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 06:42:42
New York, US (PANA) - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), fighting between the M23 armed group [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 16:59:41
New York, US (PANA) - Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 14:58:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is lagging behind in its efforts to recover from conflict, [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 14:47:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The humanitarian crisis in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached critical levels as [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 12:09:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 14:31:25
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s leaders must carefully navigate the conclusion of the elections set for December, which [...] Full text...
17 february 2024 - 05:41:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The largest remaining hospital in southern Gaza is “barely functional”, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 07:09:55
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Many adolescent girls and women in Mozambique, who are pregnant or parenting, drop out of school [...] Full text...
12 february 2024 - 05:38:32
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed that gender equality in science is essential to building [...] Full text...
10 february 2024 - 07:26:42
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on Friday expressed profound horror at the [...] Full text...
09 february 2024 - 17:02:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 700,000 children in Sudan face the worst and most life-threatening form of hunger after [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 19:20:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The world observed the International Day of Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM) amid [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 06:06:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In another indicator of the importance of AI oversight, a top UN-appointed human rights expert warned [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 06:05:47
New York, US (PANA) - Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
30 january 2024 - 06:23:48
New York, US (PANA) - The international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and [...] Full text...
22 january 2024 - 12:34:02
Omdurman, Sudan (PANA) - A senior Sudanese government official has slammed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for assisting the paramilitary [...] Full text...
21 january 2024 - 15:46:44
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – President Salva Kiir of South Sudan on Saturday called for an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" in the bloody war [...] Full text...
21 january 2024 - 10:36:46
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has urged the UN Security Council to designate the paramilitary Rapid Support [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 07:14:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lawyer Wikus Van Rensburg is leading an international initiative to prepare a [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 05:28:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have begun their work to investigate grave allegations of crimes [...] Full text...
17 january 2024 - 18:49:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday appealed to the international community [...] Full text...
17 january 2024 - 05:20:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called on the rival militaries in Sudan [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 15:28:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Israeli authorities have continued to block lifesaving aid from reaching northern Gaza 102 days since [...] Full text...
15 january 2024 - 19:50:11
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasised the imperative of establishing “basic conditions” to facilitate safe [...] Full text...
14 january 2024 - 14:17:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq has voiced his government’s disapproval of a recent phone call between [...] Full text...
13 january 2024 - 14:12:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Armed groups and militias in Libya continue to commit violations against Libyans and illegal migrants in [...] Full text...
13 january 2024 - 08:01:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned against the “triple threat” of conflict, disease and malnutrition [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 12:53:28
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - African Catholic Bishops have rejected Pope Francis' declaration to bless homosexual couples saying they believe that [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 07:46:31
New York, US (PANA) – Global leaders have failed to take strong stands to protect human rights during 2023, a [...] Full text...
11 january 2024 - 05:14:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Horn of Africa governments grappled with rampant wartime atrocities and humanitarian crises throughout 2023 with meager [...] Full text...
08 january 2024 - 05:58:19
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry has condemned the recent African tour of the leader of the [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 11:14:49
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The trial of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko will open 8 January in Switzerland for [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 07:53:45
Port Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Kenya, Kamal Jubbara, in protest against the official reception given by [...] Full text...
03 january 2024 - 07:35:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Coordination of [...] Full text...
02 january 2024 - 06:24:08
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Monday called for an end to the "needless" and "brutal" war between [...] Full text...
29 december 2023 - 05:50:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against [...] Full text...
28 december 2023 - 12:27:53
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and the leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Services (RSF), General [...] Full text...
24 december 2023 - 06:55:33
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has expressed alarm at the spreading violence and deteriorating humanitarian situation [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 07:13:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern at the [...] Full text...
16 december 2023 - 07:18:25
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst a multitude of global crises and escalating of armed conflicts, small arms and light [...] Full text...
16 december 2023 - 06:53:28
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A deadly mpox outbreak in the DRC has been rapidly spreading across the country, raising concerns [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 20:07:54
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the "encouraging developments" following the Extraordinary Assembly of the [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 09:07:12
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a $9.3 billion emergency funding appeal in response [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 08:10:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United States government’s announcement on 6 December that atrocity crimes have been committed by both warring [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 14:25:44
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - As conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies continue to wreak havoc on communities worldwide, the UN [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 12:13:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A political row is simmering between the Sudanese government and the East African regional bloc, the [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 11:37:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Monday expressed "regret" for Sunday's incident in Khartoum in which [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 08:15:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is shocked and appalled by "a [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 06:44:18
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A statement by a young woman in Luanda, Angola echoes an experience faced by countless others: [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 06:42:16
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has applauded efforts of the East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority [...] Full text...
09 december 2023 - 13:26:05
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has appealed to its leaders [...] Full text...
09 december 2023 - 10:12:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pervasive global health crisis; one in three women worldwide [...] Full text...
09 december 2023 - 06:28:22
New York, US (PANA) - The US on Friday vetoed a resolution tabled at the UN Security Council calling for [...] Full text...
08 december 2023 - 10:20:13
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique has made significant progress towards gender equality, but critical challenges remain.
It has strong laws in [...] Full text...
08 december 2023 - 06:40:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every year, at least 40 million women are likely to experience a long-term health problem caused [...] Full text...
07 december 2023 - 19:46:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday was critical of the US administration which accused both Sudanese national army and [...] Full text...
07 december 2023 - 05:38:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - More than 90 countries underlined their commitment to UN Peacekeeping during a two-day conference in Accra [...] Full text...
06 december 2023 - 20:08:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US administration says the two parties to the conflict in Sudan have committed war crimes.
It [...] Full text...
06 december 2023 - 19:15:53
New York, US (PANA) - Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 07:41:24
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three officials of former Sudanese President Omar [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 15:23:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider El-Saieh, has praised the role [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 12:52:50
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "remains deeply concerned" about the escalating conflict in the Sudan and [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 05:46:01
New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Friday decided to terminate the mandate of the UN political mission [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 16:28:41
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fallen from 6% to 0.9% [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 10:41:56
New York, US (PANA) – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 18:17:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed heightened alarm on Thursday over the escalation in gender-based [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 14:00:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A German Court in the city of Celle on Thursday found former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh [...] Full text...
25 november 2023 - 07:48:13
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Friday approved conclusions on women and equality in the field of sports, [...] Full text...
23 november 2023 - 06:30:44
New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed has called for greater investment in preventing violence against women [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 15:48:36
Geneva/New York (PANA) -- Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 08:01:08
New York, US (PANA) - Stronger action is needed to uphold children’s rights in a world where they are increasingly [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 20:33:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 06:35:57
New York, US (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan, which has been raging for over seven months [...] Full text...
14 november 2023 - 17:42:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face [...] Full text...
12 november 2023 - 19:05:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on [...] Full text...
10 november 2023 - 17:18:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence across the Darfur region in Sudan has sparked fears that atrocities committed two decades [...] Full text...
08 november 2023 - 06:44:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan is growing in scope and brutality, having driven almost [...] Full text...
06 november 2023 - 17:38:43
New York, US (PANA) - Sudan’s children need immediate support from the international community to prevent the country from becoming [...] Full text...
03 november 2023 - 19:57:05
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed alarm on Friday over reports that in Sudan, women [...] Full text...
30 october 2023 - 13:03:45
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the Israel-Palestine crisis in its fourth week, UN aid teams on Monday highlighted the mounting [...] Full text...
26 october 2023 - 17:53:38
New York, US (PANA) - Progress has been made in advancing a 2019 peace agreement in the Central African Republic [...] Full text...
25 october 2023 - 17:05:00
New York, US (PANA) - Twenty-three years after the adoption of a landmark UN Security Council resolution on women, peace [...] Full text...
24 october 2023 - 07:36:47
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Several US Departments and one Agency have issued a Business Advisory on Uganda warning of [...] Full text...
22 october 2023 - 10:54:05
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The aid that entered Gaza on Saturday "is only a small beginning and far from enough", five [...] Full text...
21 october 2023 - 10:35:05
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Being born a woman in Benin doesn’t come with the same opportunities as being born [...] Full text...
20 october 2023 - 06:30:48
New York, US (PANA) - Insecurity persists in Somalia, with extremist group Al-Shabaab and fighting in the Laascaanood region taking [...] Full text...
19 october 2023 - 16:55:51
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for progress on the ‘unfinished agenda’ of [...] Full text...
18 october 2023 - 07:01:05
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said he was horrified by the killing of hundreds of civilians following a [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 16:51:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has had a devastating toll on civilians, UN humanitarians warned on [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 05:29:27
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An independent UN human rights expert on Monday expressed concern about the increased risk of recruitment and [...] Full text...
16 october 2023 - 07:17:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Lubna still remembers the sound of shelling in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, six months [...] Full text...
15 october 2023 - 19:22:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Six months of war have plunged Sudan into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent [...] Full text...
15 october 2023 - 07:16:04
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As the escalation in the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary [...] Full text...
14 october 2023 - 08:00:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 18:42:13
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- A joint statement by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the African Committee [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 06:16:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN [...] Full text...
12 october 2023 - 18:48:58
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, has suspended some of [...] Full text...
09 october 2023 - 19:56:57
New York, US (PANA) - Three in four people suffering from a mental health condition receive inadequate treatment – or [...] Full text...
06 october 2023 - 11:50:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 24,000 women and girls in flood-affected areas of eastern Libya are in need of humanitarian [...] Full text...
06 october 2023 - 05:39:26
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials on Thursday reiterated the call for protection of children and ensuring their [...] Full text...
05 october 2023 - 13:42:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, the UN’s top aid official in the country warned on [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 06:19:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Continuing violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 05:40:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts are warning that there is “an overwhelming risk” atrocity crimes [...] Full text...
29 september 2023 - 05:49:06
New York, US (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains mired in insecurity, characterised by volatility and [...] Full text...
26 september 2023 - 15:42:07
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – At least 395 people were killed and 281 others injured in violent incidents in South [...] Full text...
26 september 2023 - 10:38:33
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has described humanitarian charity, SOS, as a "genuinely philanthropic" group that has [...] Full text...
22 september 2023 - 05:38:51
New York, US (PANA) - World leaders on Thursday agreed to boost efforts to provide universal health coverage for all [...] Full text...
18 september 2023 - 15:04:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly one year since the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities in Ethiopia, atrocities, war crimes [...] Full text...
16 september 2023 - 09:12:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-appointed human rights expert on Friday called for urgent action and better data to stamp out [...] Full text...
14 september 2023 - 06:15:57
New York, US (PANA) - Both Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are responsible [...] Full text...
13 september 2023 - 06:09:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds have died in ethnically motivated attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied [...] Full text...
12 september 2023 - 07:40:28
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The expansion of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
10 september 2023 - 06:50:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has descended to a [...] Full text...
07 september 2023 - 07:48:37
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has imposed sanctions against two senior commanders of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support [...] Full text...
06 september 2023 - 11:02:37
New York, US (PANA) - Eritrea has dismissed a report by Amnesty International that the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) committed [...] Full text...
05 september 2023 - 10:18:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity in the [...] Full text...
30 august 2023 - 17:53:10
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The world’s seventh-largest gold miner by production, Gold Fields, has said it is committed to [...] Full text...
28 august 2023 - 12:08:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah al Burhan, has vowed to continue fighting the paramilitary [...] Full text...
26 august 2023 - 07:53:04
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has "strongly" condemned "pervasive" conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Sudan.
It said in [...] Full text...
25 august 2023 - 06:13:17
Washington, DC (PANA) - The United States said on Thrsday that it is imposing sanctions on six individuals contributing to [...] Full text...
23 august 2023 - 10:42:03
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recent months have brought a dramatic deterioration in the situation in eastern DR Congo, where [...] Full text...
22 august 2023 - 19:03:41
New York, US (PANA) - Recent deadly clashes between two largest armed groups in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, underscore the [...] Full text...
21 august 2023 - 10:20:13
Madrid, Spain (PANA) - Spanish football federation chief, Luis Rubiales, has drawn heavy criticism at home for kissing footballer Jennifer [...] Full text...
17 august 2023 - 07:18:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and allied militias raped several dozen women and girls in [...] Full text...
15 august 2023 - 18:44:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After four months of war in Sudan, UN humanitarians on Tuesday called for action to be [...] Full text...
10 august 2023 - 06:55:59
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - “Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values,” the international financial institution has [...] Full text...
10 august 2023 - 06:41:57
New York, US (PANA) - Ongoing mediation efforts aimed at resolving the conflict in Sudan are critical, a senior UN [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 11:50:53
Hamilton, New Zealand (PANA) - FIFA has launched an investigation after a complaint was made about Zambia's Coach, Brunce Mwape, [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 06:22:11
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Troika on Sudan, comprising Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, have condemned [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 05:49:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The UN human rights office in Uganda will cease operations on Sunday after the Government decided [...] Full text...
04 august 2023 - 05:59:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Satellite data shows massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba in Sudan's West Darfur state, in [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 16:50:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday strongly condemned what it described as the indiscriminate targeting of civilian [...] Full text...
30 july 2023 - 07:03:37
New York, US (PANA) - As World Day against Trafficking in Persons is marked on Sunday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 17:14:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring [...] Full text...
24 july 2023 - 08:57:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that in 2022, the population of Mauritius comprised 638,462 women compared [...] Full text...